— Wednesday, June 10, 1998 — North Shore News

enarduzzi sees a Germany-!

THIS won’t be the first
time Bob Lenarduzzi has
stuck out his manly chin
and invited his critics to
take their best shot.

So, iit isn’t Brazil and
Germany in the World Cup
soccer tournament's champi-
onship final in Paris on July 12,
he'll be ready for all the shots
coming his way. Thicty-two
teams, representing five conti-
nents ~~ Europe (15), Africa
(5), South America (5), Asia
(4) and North America (3) —
will ry co gee through four
climination rounds and thence
to that big game Lenarduzzi
insists will fearure the Brazilians
and Germans.

By the time you read
today’s prose piece, it'll be too
late tor you to get down any
contrary bets on the eventual
outcome, for the tournament
started at 8 a.m. Vancouver
time with defending champion
Brazil taking on relatively unrat-

ed Scotland.

Should there be a monu-
Mental upset, of pwo things vou
“may be certain. Scots in
Glasgow and Edinburgh will
stay drunk fora week; and half
of Rio de Janeira will be
burned to the ground, Nothing
quite compares with the world’s
biggest sports event. More than
two billion fans in the global
village will have their TV sets
tured on — about owice as
many as tune into the Olympics
~~ and another nwo billion will
be listening on radio or reading
the papers.

Some of them may also be
tomenting the odd small riot
and at the same time hanging
various coaches and players in
efhgy. Suck is the world-wide
passion for this wondertully
simple game, played in 178
countries. All but six of them
started out two years ago in
regional qualifying rounds that
produced the 32-team fincup
for this final month-long
round. As a former Canadian
national team plaver and, und! a
few months ago, Canada’s
national team coach, North
Van’s Lenarduzzi does have
ercdentials.

The 32 teams start out in
cight groups of four, running
the alphabetical gamut from A
to H. Two teams from cach
group move on. The incentive

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is more than just the Jules
Ranet Frophy. There's also the
matter of money — $1 (ULS.)
million a game for every team.

Here, then, are Bob's picks
to make it iato the next round:

Group A — Brazil, cither
Scodand or Norway for second
and a quick trip home tor
Morocco.

Group B — Italy and Chile,
in that order, to advance;

Cameroon and Austria also-
rans.

Group C ~ Host country
France to win the group with
Denmark second. South Africa
and Saudi Arabia also-rans. But
a Lenarduzzi caveat in this
group. If there's going to be a
huge tournament upset, he
picks South Affica to provide it
at the expense of onc of the
two European teams. France?

Brazil

He says the French, who play
their opening game against
South Affica, clearly that conti-
nent's best team, will be under
great pressure, He wonders
how they'll handle it.

Group D — Spain and
Bulgaria, nor necessanly in that
order, to advance; Nigefia and
Paraguay to take early flights
home.

Group E — Netherlands to

finish first, Belgium second. An
early bon voyage for Mexico
and South Korea. The Dutch-
Belgian rivalry is about a centu-
ry old and full of hear. Bob sees
potential for one of the best
and must emotionally charged
games in the tournament.
Group F — No contest.
Germany will lead this group.

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JUNE 714th to JUNE 21st

the week preceding Father's Day, June 14th - 21st, 1998.

The North Shore's s Very Own Community Car Show

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